Take Action

Thank your MLA for their commitment to a poverty reduction plan for BC with legislated targets and timelines, and urge them to prioritize this commitment as they move forward. We’re thrilled that it’s written into the NDP-Green Agreement as a critical priority as they work to form government now.

Your MLA has an opportunity to take strong and meaningful action on this issue and they need to hear your support! Now is the time to say a big, collective thank you!

Section 4 in the NDP-Green Agreement starts with a commitment to “design and implement a province-wide poverty reduction strategy that includes addressing the real causes of homelessness, including affordable accommodation, support for mental health and addictions and income security.” Here’s the full agreement, which includes other important measures.

The NDP has previously brought forward this Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, which we expect them to do again in the fall as the basis for developing the poverty reduction strategy. This is a good start because it legislates the plan, which makes it hard to change, and includes targets and timelines, community consultation, and other good accountability measures. However, in the sample letters above, we’ve included some ways to strengthen their approach.

We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power that can transform the world.”

Howard Zinn, 2010

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About the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition

The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is a coalition of over 50 Coalition Members and over 400 supporting organizations that have joined the call for a bold and comprehensive poverty reduction plan from the government of British Columbia that would include legislated targets and timelines to significantly reduce poverty, inequality and homelessness.

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